An outbreak of Shigella dysenteriae type 2 among laboratory workers due to intentional food contamination

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 396-398

  Kolavic, Shellie A ^a   Kimura, Akiko ^b   Simons, Shauna L ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^a,c   Barth, Suzanne ^d   Haley, Charles E ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e Dallas County Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIME; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 0030836647     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.5.396     Document Type: Article

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